Isaiah 21
1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
מַשָּׂא מִדְבַּר־יָם כְּסוּפֹות בַּנֶּגֶב לַחֲלֹף מִמִּדְבָּר בָּא מֵאֶרֶץ נֹורָאָה׃ (2296)
See also: Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 13:1, Jeremiah 51:42, Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 23:19, Zechariah 9:14, Job 37:9, Isaiah 13:20-22, Isaiah 17:1, Ezekiel 1:4, Daniel 11:40, Psalms 79:6, Isaiah 5:28, Isaiah 13:4-5, Isaiah 14:6, Jeremiah 50:1, Ezekiel 31:12, Ezekiel 38:9, Daniel 5:26, Zechariah 7:14
2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
חָזוּת קָשָׁה הֻגַּד־לִי הַבֹּוגֵד ׀ בֹּוגֵד וְהַשֹּׁודֵד ׀ שֹׁודֵד עֲלִי עֵילָם צוּרִי מָדַי כָּל־אַנְחָתָה הִשְׁבַּתִּי׃ (3403)
See also: Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 33:1, Jeremiah 49:34, Daniel 5:28, 2 Kings 17:6, Psalms 60:3, Isaiah 22:6, Isaiah 41:25, Jeremiah 51:46, Ezra 4:9, Esther 1:3, Daniel 5:9, Daniel 8:2, Habakkuk 1:13, Revelation 13:10, Genesis 10:22, Genesis 14:1, Leviticus 6:2, 1 Samuel 24:13
3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
עַל־כֵּן מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה צִירִים אֲחָזוּנִי כְּצִירֵי יֹולֵדָה נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ נִבְהַלְתִּי מֵרְאֹות׃ (3785)
See also: Jeremiah 30:6, Isaiah 13:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Psalms 48:6, Isaiah 26:17, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 48:41, 1 Samuel 28:5, Psalms 69:23, Isaiah 16:11, Jeremiah 6:24, Micah 4:9-10, Nahum 2:10, Genesis 3:16, Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 4:15, Psalms 73:19, Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 4:9
4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
תָּעָה לְבָבִי פַּלָּצוּת בִּעֲתָתְנִי אֵת נֶשֶׁף חִשְׁקִי שָׂם לִי לַחֲרָדָה׃ (3933)
See also: Psalms 91:5, Job 30:31, Ecclesiastes 7:4, Isaiah 5:14, Daniel 5:30, Luke 21:34-36, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, Deuteronomy 28:67, 1 Samuel 25:36-38, 2 Samuel 13:28-29, 1 Kings 1:49, Esther 5:12, Esther 7:6-10, Job 20:23, Job 21:11-13, Psalms 38:10, Psalms 55:5, Isaiah 5:11-14, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 22:13
5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
עָרֹךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן צָפֹה הַצָּפִית אָכֹול שָׁתֹה קוּמוּ הַשָּׂרִים מִשְׁחוּ מָגֵן׃ (3359)
See also: Psalms 127:1, Habakkuk 2:1, 2 Samuel 1:21, Jeremiah 46:3, Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 5:1-5, Habakkuk 2:5, Isaiah 13:2, Isaiah 13:17-18, Isaiah 22:13-14, Isaiah 45:1-3, Jeremiah 51:27-28, Nahum 2:5, 1 Corinthians 15:32
6For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
כִּי כֹה אָמַר אֵלַי אֲדֹנָי לֵךְ הַעֲמֵד הַמְצַפֶּה אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה יַגִּיד׃ (1535)
See also: Ezekiel 33:2-7, Ezekiel 3:17, Habakkuk 2:1-2, 2 Kings 9:17-20, Song of Solomon 3:3, Isaiah 21:11, Isaiah 62:6, Jeremiah 51:12-13, 2 Samuel 18:24
7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
וְרָאָה רֶכֶב צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים רֶכֶב חֲמֹור רֶכֶב גָּמָל וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב רַב־קָשֶׁב׃ (3398)
8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
וַיִּקְרָא אַרְיֵה עַל־מִצְפֶּה ׀ אֲדֹנָי אָנֹכִי עֹמֵד תָּמִיד יֹומָם וְעַל־מִשְׁמַרְתִּי אָנֹכִי נִצָּב כָּל־הַלֵּילֹות׃ (3508)
See also: Habakkuk 2:1, Romans 12:7, Revelation 18:2, Acts 12:10, Nehemiah 12:25, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 127:1, Psalms 130:6, Isaiah 5:29, Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 62:6, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 25:38, Jeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 50:44, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 10:1, 1 Peter 5:8
9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
וְהִנֵּה־זֶה בָא רֶכֶב אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר נָפְלָה נָפְלָה בָּבֶל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ שִׁבַּר לָאָרֶץ׃ (3255)
See also: Jeremiah 50:2, Revelation 14:8, Isaiah 46:1, Revelation 18:2, Jeremiah 51:8, Isaiah 21:7, Jeremiah 51:44, Isaiah 2:18, Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 14:22, Jeremiah 51:47, Revelation 18:10, Isaiah 14:4, Isaiah 19:1, Isaiah 25:2, Jeremiah 27:7, Jeremiah 43:12, Jeremiah 50:9, Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 50:38
10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
מְדֻשָׁתִי וּבֶן־גָּרְנִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִגַּדְתִּי לָכֶם׃ (4461)
See also: Isaiah 41:15, Jeremiah 51:33, Micah 4:13, 2 Kings 13:7, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Ezekiel 40:4, Matthew 3:12, Isaiah 28:28, Isaiah 48:6, Habakkuk 3:12, 1 Kings 22:14, Acts 20:26-27
11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
מַשָּׂא דּוּמָה אֵלַי קֹרֵא מִשֵּׂעִיר שֹׁמֵר מַה־מִלַּיְלָה שֹׁמֵר מַה־מִלֵּיל׃ (2753)
See also: Romans 13:11, Genesis 25:14, Obadiah 1:1-16, Habakkuk 2:1, Jeremiah 6:17, Amos 1:6, Ezekiel 3:17, Joel 3:19, Genesis 32:3, Numbers 24:18, Deuteronomy 2:5, 1 Chronicles 1:30, Psalms 137:7, Song of Solomon 3:3, Isaiah 21:6, Isaiah 34:1-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Ezekiel 35:1-15
12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
אָמַר שֹׁמֵר אָתָה בֹקֶר וְגַם־לָיְלָה אִם־תִּבְעָיוּן בְּעָיוּ שֻׁבוּ אֵתָיוּ׃ (3005)
See also: Acts 17:30-32, Acts 2:37-38, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 42:19-22, Ezekiel 7:5-7, Ezekiel 7:10, Ezekiel 7:12, Ezekiel 14:1-6, Ezekiel 18:30-32, Acts 17:19-20, Jeremiah 50:27
13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
מַשָּׂא בַּעְרָב בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ אֹרְחֹות דְּדָנִים׃ (2390)
See also: Jeremiah 25:23-24, Genesis 25:3, 1 Chronicles 1:32, Jeremiah 49:8, Ezekiel 27:15, Genesis 10:7, 1 Kings 10:15, 1 Chronicles 1:9, Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 13:20, Jeremiah 25:24, Jeremiah 49:28-33, Ezekiel 27:20-21, Acts 2:11, Galatians 4:25
14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
לִקְרַאת צָמֵא הֵתָיוּ מָיִם יֹשְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ תֵּימָא בְּלַחְמֹו קִדְּמוּ נֹדֵד׃ (2731)
See also: Job 6:19, Genesis 25:15, 2 Samuel 17:29, Proverbs 25:21, Romans 12:20, Genesis 24:17, Judges 8:4-8, 1 Chronicles 1:30, Isaiah 16:3-4, 1 Peter 4:9
15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
כִּי־מִפְּנֵי חֲרָבֹות נָדָדוּ מִפְּנֵי ׀ חֶרֶב נְטוּשָׁה וּמִפְּנֵי קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה וּמִפְּנֵי כֹּבֶד מִלְחָמָה׃ (3206)
16For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
כִּי־כֹה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי אֵלָי בְּעֹוד שָׁנָה כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר וְכָלָה כָּל־כְּבֹוד קֵדָר׃ (2196)
See also: Psalms 120:5, Song of Solomon 1:5, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 60:7, Leviticus 25:50, Jeremiah 49:28, Ezekiel 27:21, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:14, Isaiah 42:11, Deuteronomy 15:18, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Job 7:1, Jeremiah 2:10
17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
וּשְׁאָר מִסְפַּר־קֶשֶׁת גִּבֹּורֵי בְנֵי־קֵדָר יִמְעָטוּ כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּבֵּר׃ (3258)
See also: Numbers 23:19, Zechariah 1:6, Isaiah 1:20, Matthew 24:35, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Psalms 107:39, Isaiah 10:18-19, Isaiah 10:19, Isaiah 17:4-5, Isaiah 24:3, Jeremiah 44:29